Charles Darwin

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Sources

1. BookDarwin
2. BookCharles Darwin: Voyaging
3. BookOn the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life

Relations

parent of:

• Annie Darwin

  Sources: Darwin, Charles Darwin: The Power of Place

child of:

• Robert Darwin

  Sources: Darwin

• Susannah Darwin

  Sources: Darwin

spouse of:

• Emma Darwinsince 29 Jan 1839

  Sources: Darwin, Charles Darwin: The Power of Place

influenced by:

• Charles Lyell

  Sources: Darwin, Charles Darwin: Voyaging

• Thomas Malthus

  Sources: The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, 1809–1882

proposed:

• Pangenesis

  Sources: The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication

studied under:

• John Edmonstone

  Sources: Darwin

• John Stevens Henslow

  Sources: Darwin, Charles Darwin: Voyaging

wrote:

• On the Origin of Species

  Sources: On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life

• The Descent of Man

  Sources: The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex

• The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms

  Sources: The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Action of Worms, with Observations on their Habits

• The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication

  Sources: The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication

• The Voyage of the Beagle

  Sources: Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries Visited by H.M.S. Beagle

Appears in43 items

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  Charles Darwin35 items
  • 
    Born at The Mount, Shrewsbury12 Feb 1809
  • Medical studies at EdinburghOct 1825
  • First scientific paper, to the Plinian Society27 Mar 1827
  • CambridgeJan 1828
  • Henslow’s letter: a place on the Beagle29 Aug 1831
  • Voyage of HMS Beagle27 Dec 1831
  • First landfall: St Jago, Cape Verde16 Jan 1832
  • The Brazilian forest, and a quarrel over slavery29 Feb 1832
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    Fossil giants at Punta Alta22 Sep 1832
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    The Concepción earthquake20 Feb 1835
  • Across the AndesMar 1835
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    The Beagle reaches the Galápagos15 Sep 1835
  • Coral atolls of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands1 Apr 1836
  • Meeting John Herschel at the CapeJun 1836
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    John Gould names the Galápagos birds10 Jan 1837
  • The London yearsMar 1837
  • The transmutation notebooksJul 1837
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    “I think”: the first tree of lifeJul 1837
  • Reading Malthus28 Sep 1838
  • Journal of Researches is published1839
  • Marries his cousin Emma Wedgwood29 Jan 1839
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    Down House17 Sep 1842
  • “Like confessing a murder”11 Jan 1844
  • The essay of 1844, with a letter to Emma5 Jul 1844
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    The barnacle yearsOct 1846
  • Death of Annie Darwin23 Apr 1851
  • Writing the Origin14 May 1856
  • Wallace’s letter from Ternate18 Jun 1858
  • Darwin and Wallace read at the Linnean Society1 Jul 1858
  • On the Origin of Species is published24 Nov 1859
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    The Oxford evolution debate30 Jun 1860
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    The Descent of Man is published24 Feb 1871
  • The book on worms10 Oct 1881
  • Death at Down House19 Apr 1882
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    Burial in Westminster Abbey26 Apr 1882
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  Genetics: Mendel to CRISPR3 items
  • Mendel overlooked1866
  • Darwin’s guess: pangenesis30 Jan 1868
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    Galton coins “eugenics”1883
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  History of the Universe2 items
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    Archaeopteryx150 Ma
  • First flowering plantsc. 130 Ma
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  The Big Five Mass Extinctions1 item
  • Phillips’s first diversity curve1860
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  The Evolution of Life2 items
  • LUCA, the last universal common ancestorc. 4.2 Ga
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    Archaefructus, an early flowerc. 125 Ma